" sonic power " is what gave u2 its " tremendous force " . = = live performances = = " where the streets have no name " made its concert debut on 2 april 1987 in te ##mp ##e , arizona on the opening night of the joshua tree tour . it has since been played at nearly every full @ - @ length concert that u2 has headlined , totaling over 700 performances as of 2011 . the song is widely regarded as one of the group ' s most popular live songs . bono said of it , " we can be in the middle of the worst gig in our lives , but when we go into that song , everything changes . the
" sonic power " is what gave u2 its " tremendous force ". = = live performances = = " where the streets have no name " made its concert debut on 2 april 1987 in tempe, arizona on the opening night of the joshua tree tour. it has since been played at nearly every full @ - @ length concert that u2 has headlined, totaling over 700 performances as of 2011. the song is widely regarded as one of the group's most popular live songs. bono said of it, " we can be in the middle of the worst gig in our lives, but when we go into that song, everything changes. the